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Top Reasons Why B2B Telemarketing Strategies Fail

Top Reasons Why B2B Telemarketing Strategies Fail
As long as there are phone lines across giant buildings and stretching underground beneath our feet, and as long as there are cell towers, satellites and fiber optic cables connecting us to the web, people will always be making and taking calls. Even in the near future, when all of the business people in the world are those who grew up in the digital age, they would still need to talk to people from remote distances. In short, telemarketing will never die. It’s a traditional yet highly effective B2B lead generation channel. Telemarketing and appointment setting bridge marketers and potential clients in a way that no other medium can. Nothing beats phone calls. But why do some telemarketing campaigns fail? Lack of segmentation Savvy online marketers know how important segmentation can be, but it’s just as important — if not more important — to outbound telemarketing campaigns. Failing to collect data Staffing Poorly-defined goals and expectations Timing

Let Your Instincts Help In Generating Sales Leads In Singapore When it comes to generating sales leads in Singapore, we are often interested in the numbers, the statistics, of your business prospects. You want to be successful in your B2B lead generation campaign, so you need the facts clear, no doubts or misgivings. However, even the smartest or the most accurate data may not be a good measure for profits. Sometimes, the best business solutions come from what your instincts are telling you. In that case, you must nurture your instincts well. Heed your interests – your instincts are hard-wired to what interests you. As marketers in Singapore, you should also count on your instincts to tell you what to do.

Software Products Lead Generation - Callbox The software buying process has a minimum of six stages. Generating leads for software products requires a profound understanding of the software buying process. When the goal is to generate software leads, sales professionals know to choose Callbox to speed up lead generation. We set appointments with top corporate decision makers including Chief Executive Officers, IT Managers, Chief Financial Officers, and Controllers. We generate software sales leads and set appointments for companies providing mid-level and enterprise level software solutions including: Accounting and Financial SoftwareERP SoftwareBusiness Intelligence SoftwareCRM SoftwareWorkforce Management SoftwareHR and Payroll SoftwareContent and Document Management SoftwareIndustry-specific Applications Dial 888.810.7464 to speak with a Callbox representative.

The Role of Color Psychology in Marketing In building a brand, the visual impact of a business logo or website design is as important as the value of the product or service being offered. And one important aspect of that imagery is the color. For some marketers, a color is just something that could be picked off the top of the head and doesn’t really signify something. But for those who really invest a lot of brainwork in their business image, colors are something that helps define a brand’s reputation. Brandon Gaille, CEO of the internet marketing company ByReputation.com, which specializes in SEO, social media, reputation management, video production, and web design, shared his thoughts on how colors can influence people to support (or not support) a brand: From brandongaille.com: How Do Colors Affect Us Mentally? Think about the psychological effects of colors before using them. Schemes, Contrasts, and Choosing Colors When designing a webpage, contrast is very important.

Mind Blowing Predictions in Technology and Innovation It is so easy to get overwhelmed with technology these days. Smartphones, HD TVs, hybrid cars, and whatnot – these are just a few of the countless innovations not even science fiction could have predicted 20 years ago. Suddenly, you could carry around a thousand CDs worth of music in your pocket. New software applications come and go faster than many of us can even notice. Just recently Microsoft announced that it will abandon Windows XP for good. Technology evolves at an amazing speed – probably as fast as the human mind is able to conceive new ideas in pursuit of convenience. Steve Jobs, the brain behind the Apple brand which shook the world with its first iPod, once said: “The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” So, let’s raise our bottles to some of the craziest minds of our time with these exciting, and sometimes scary, technology predictions from the past few years, like this compilation from Ted.com

IT Products and Services Lead Generation Appointment Setting When it comes to building relationships with major players in Singapore’s flourishing IT industry, it’s important to stay abreast of current CRM tactics. At Callbox, we take marketing a step further using top-of-the-line business applications and the required expertise to boot. We are proud to have, in our roster of clients, manufacturers, resellers, and licensed specialists of some of the biggest names in IT including SAGE, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. Our industry-specific expertise allows us to provide solid IT telemarketing and lead generation solutions for providers of information technology products and services through our IT lead generation and appointment setting services. We target prominent decision makers from top IT solutions providers including:

Drive for Sales: B2B Telemarketing Tips That Help Close the Deal The usual pieces of advice such as “make your call more personal” and “listen actively” sometimes don’t count. No matter how telemarketers do it, circumstance often demand for a higher level of strategy to be able to convert prospect into a lead and eventually close the deal over the phone. One of the obstacles of B2B telemarketing is how to effectively convince people that there’s an opportunity and that the prospect needs what you’re offering for them to eventually commit to a scheduled phone call, a face-to-face appointment or even a newsletter subscription. To achieve this, telemarketers need the right skills and the ability to do the following: Confidence over the phoneGood communication skills and minimal fillers such as “uhm” and “ah”Become more conversational and not rehearsedHandle objections properlyProbe and know what questions to ask to identify if there’s a needEmpathize with the prospectBe optimistic Related: Teach Sales Reps to Sound More Natural Over the Phone

3 Email Tips for the Struggling B2B Lead Generation Marketer Not all marketers are successful at using email for lead generation. While many books, articles, and blog posts have been written on how to effectively use this strategy to achieve marketing goals, little attention has been paid to the importance of being better at receiving and processing email. Here are some tips to help you process email more competently, save precious marketing time, and lower the office hassle: 1. Don’t let email be in command of you The inherent instant gratification of clearing your inbox provides a brief feeling of accomplishment, but it’s really not productive. When you first open your inbox in the morning, star/flag emails that must be dealt with today, but make sure to focus on your top priorities first before diving into your inbox. Dedicate 30-minute blocks every two hours to staying on top of email. 2. When you do make it to your Inbox, it’s key to remember that not all emails are created equal. In reality, not all emails are created equal. 3.

Quantifying Lead Generation Success for World-Class Data Solutions Provider The Client The Client is a global leader in data backup, data recovery, and archiving solutions. Based in Singapore, it provides expert advice and integrated solutions for reliable and cost-effective data storage management to customers worldwide. The Challenge The Client hired a lead generation provider but needed additional support for other marketing initiatives. Cold call to invite participants to its open house events in AustraliaProfile its database and generate market feedback to improve its sales lead generation campaign After searching and comparing several service providers found on the internet, the Client was impressed by Callbox’s track record in B2B lead generation and immediately penned a deal. The Callbox Solution Callbox set up an outbound telemarketing team to initiate a call-to-invite campaign to be followed by a lead generation/client profiling campaign. The campaign kicked off in October 2011 after email invitations were sent. The Results

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